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chuck hagel fans. that said president obama has picked hagel. he likes hagel. they're friends going back to their senate tenure. it's hard to imagine if obama really wants hagel ten democratic senators will vote against him. i find that hard to believe. second thing is president obama wants to push for cuts in defense spending. their view is there's no better advocate for it, no better voice for cutting the pentagon that a provincial vietnam veteran like chuck hagel. >> i want to play a clip of what former general stanley mcchrystal said on the "today" show this morning. >> if president obama trusts him, i think senator hagel has the experience. he's certainly got the quality as a person. the real matter is whether the president has that level of trust. that level of trust and relationship between those people and with other members of the cabinet are the most important. >> matt, to perry's point, is a big part of this about the president just likes him? they've gotten along for many years now? >> yeah. he has a very close relationship with vice president joe b
chuck hagel fans. that said president obama has picked hagel. he likes hagel. they're friends going back to their senate tenure. it's hard to imagine if obama really wants hagel ten democratic senators will vote against him. i find that hard to believe. second thing is president obama wants to push for cuts in defense spending. their view is there's no better advocate for it, no better voice for cutting the pentagon that a provincial vietnam veteran like chuck hagel. >> i want to play a...
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if hagel is confirmed. they'll be forced to spend capital. >> confirmation -- the confirmation process has always been in recent times a knock-down, drag-out bloody battle for the president to get his picks into his cabinet. and coming after losing the presidential election, losing seats in the house and senate, to democrats, the republicans have been looking for a way to ding the president. they were able to ding him by denying him the choice of susan rice, the u.n. ambassador to be the president's next secretary of state. they view going after chuck hagel as being one more notch in this crazy war against the president when a lot of people in the country want congress to focus not so much on chuck hagel as they want them to focus on what's happening with sequester and the budget and debt ceiling and other things that have direct impacts on people's lives. from a policy standpoint, does this come down to bush era neocon, that reminds them that he opposed the war. >> he did oppose the surge. for republicans
if hagel is confirmed. they'll be forced to spend capital. >> confirmation -- the confirmation process has always been in recent times a knock-down, drag-out bloody battle for the president to get his picks into his cabinet. and coming after losing the presidential election, losing seats in the house and senate, to democrats, the republicans have been looking for a way to ding the president. they were able to ding him by denying him the choice of susan rice, the u.n. ambassador to be the...
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secretary hagel. >> mr. chairman, ranking member smith and members of the committee, the department of defense has responsibility to protect the national security interests of the united states. and general dempsey and i take that responsibility very seriously. that's why i strongly support president obama's decision to respond to the assad regime's chemical weapons attack on its own people. a large scale and heinous sarin gas assault on innocent civilians, including women and children. i also wholeheartedly support the president's decision to seek congressional authorization for the use of force in syria. and i believe secretary kerry outlined those reasons very clearly. the president has made clear that it is in our country's national security interest to do -- degrade assad's chemical weapons capabilities and deter him from using them again. as secretary kerry mentioned, yesterday we outlined a way to accomplish this objective and avert military action. it would require the assad regime to swiftly turn it
secretary hagel. >> mr. chairman, ranking member smith and members of the committee, the department of defense has responsibility to protect the national security interests of the united states. and general dempsey and i take that responsibility very seriously. that's why i strongly support president obama's decision to respond to the assad regime's chemical weapons attack on its own people. a large scale and heinous sarin gas assault on innocent civilians, including women and children. i...
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hagel was sworn in at a private ceremony after an unusually tough confirmation fight, which ended in a 58-41 vote. hagel overcame a republican-led filibuster by members of his own party who never forgave his criticism of the iraq war. let me bring in republican strategist and former santorum senior strategist and nbc col n columnist and contributing editor for the hill. good morning. he has to confront a staggering $46 billion in cuts to military spending which are set to begin tomorrow. he's got his work cut out for him. >> he really does. part of the reason the president selected chuck hagel was knowing going forward the defense department would have to undergo cuts anyhow. obviously the sequester makes that a lot tougher process because it is, you know, these cuts are much less strategic obviously than what we would have preferred. he also comes in after having a tough few weeks, a little bloodied i think and some of that was intended not so much to go after hagel but to try to go after the president and, thankfully, they were unsuccessful and hagel will start the job and roll up
hagel was sworn in at a private ceremony after an unusually tough confirmation fight, which ended in a 58-41 vote. hagel overcame a republican-led filibuster by members of his own party who never forgave his criticism of the iraq war. let me bring in republican strategist and former santorum senior strategist and nbc col n columnist and contributing editor for the hill. good morning. he has to confront a staggering $46 billion in cuts to military spending which are set to begin tomorrow. he's...
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again, we are meeting with secretary hagel and kerry today and i look forward to hearing that and then we will have our meeting tomorrow so i can, you know, move from that point. >> when you hear members of your party like john mccain saying that not to vote for authorize would be catastrophic. what do you think? >> i think the opposite. i think the vote to intervene right now, when you have iran threatening to attack israel and you have syria threatening to attack israel, like assad said, you have a powder keg ready to explode over there and i don't want to be the match that ignites that. >> i think there is general consensus it will be -- i think easy is probably the wrong word to use -- but the administration probably has a better chance of passing a resolution on the senate side than on the house side. there does seem to be division within your party from liberty tear iaian tearians, for example and other members of your party. what do you think in the end is the decisive factor in the house? >> i think the decisive action or the factor in the house would be if you can prove 100% t
again, we are meeting with secretary hagel and kerry today and i look forward to hearing that and then we will have our meeting tomorrow so i can, you know, move from that point. >> when you hear members of your party like john mccain saying that not to vote for authorize would be catastrophic. what do you think? >> i think the opposite. i think the vote to intervene right now, when you have iran threatening to attack israel and you have syria threatening to attack israel, like...
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there are 18 americans who will be given the medal. >>> plus, blocking hagel. the republicans have left the republican without his choice for defense secretary. that's next. and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. more "likes." more tweets. so, beginning today, my son brock and his whole team will be our new senior social media strategists. any questions? since we make radiator valves wouldn't it be better if we just let fedex help us to expand to new markets? hmm gotta admit that's better than a few "likes." i don't have the door code. who's that? he won a contest online to be ceo for the day. how am i supposed to run a business here
there are 18 americans who will be given the medal. >>> plus, blocking hagel. the republicans have left the republican without his choice for defense secretary. that's next. and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the...
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message the white house feels it needs to reaffirm, especially around the questions around senator hagel's statements. those are the three points i took away. >> michael crowley, thank you so much. that's going to do it for "jansing & co." we're going to continue watching this, take a quick break, and be back with thomas roberts right after this. sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands?
message the white house feels it needs to reaffirm, especially around the questions around senator hagel's statements. those are the three points i took away. >> michael crowley, thank you so much. that's going to do it for "jansing & co." we're going to continue watching this, take a quick break, and be back with thomas roberts right after this. sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy....
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and said hagel consistently advocated weakness. lindsey graham who said hagel's in-your-face nomination. gillibrand who may have questions. what will you be watching for or who, rana? >> again, i'm hoping this is going to be a real policy discussion, and i think on iran, we really need to have a big conversation about our position in iran, and i just want to say in terms of being perceived as weak or not aggressive enough about adversaries in the least, i disagree with that. if you look at economic sanctions in iran and working with partners around sanctions, they've been effective in large measure. i mean, are the government of iran is not very popular right now in large part because we've worked with partners. the president has come up with a coalition around sanctions, and those have been effective. i think they need more time to work. i think that perceiving somebody as not being strong because they're saying we don't want to rush into one of the most strategically important countries and have a military operation is the wrong
and said hagel consistently advocated weakness. lindsey graham who said hagel's in-your-face nomination. gillibrand who may have questions. what will you be watching for or who, rana? >> again, i'm hoping this is going to be a real policy discussion, and i think on iran, we really need to have a big conversation about our position in iran, and i just want to say in terms of being perceived as weak or not aggressive enough about adversaries in the least, i disagree with that. if you look...
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chuck hagel gets cyberwarfare. he understands that a foreign country like china can shut down our weapons, can shut down our electrical grid, can shut down our water grid. and he knows that that is the battlefield of the future. and that's where we've got to spend our money. >> but there will be a fight, obviously, in part, because hagel makes a lot of republican hawks shudder with some of his comments. what do you think is at the heart of the opposition? it most political, roger, or philosophical? >> it's a little of both. there are hawks, in the senate, clearly. there are people who are upset with hagel because he doesn't even know he is a decorated vietnam vet and would be the first enlisted man ever to become secretary of defense. they don't think he's hawkish enough. some are upset about his past statements about israel. some are upset about this past statements about gays in the military, for which he has apologized. and you know, i think this controversy over cabinet appointments is good. because america lea
chuck hagel gets cyberwarfare. he understands that a foreign country like china can shut down our weapons, can shut down our electrical grid, can shut down our water grid. and he knows that that is the battlefield of the future. and that's where we've got to spend our money. >> but there will be a fight, obviously, in part, because hagel makes a lot of republican hawks shudder with some of his comments. what do you think is at the heart of the opposition? it most political, roger, or...
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talk about chuck hagel. he gave a really poor performance at his confirmation hearing last week. both sides can pretty much agree with that. that's coming from folks like leon panetta. leon panetta actually defending him yesterday. let's take a listen to him. >> it's pretty obvious that the political knives were out for chuck hagel. what disappointed me is that they talked a lot about past quotes but what about what a secretary of defense is confronting today? what about the war in afghanistan? what about the war on terrorism? what about the budget sequester? >> ruth, what do you think, does panetta have a point there? >> i think he totally has a point. i think that the thing that was striking about the hague will confirmation hearing was the really poor performance on both sides. yes, the nominee did a terrible job answering entirely predictable questions and handling those, but also, the senators did a predictable but also very poor job of probing seriously his views, not just what he said in the past, but his views on the various things that will face the secretary of defense
talk about chuck hagel. he gave a really poor performance at his confirmation hearing last week. both sides can pretty much agree with that. that's coming from folks like leon panetta. leon panetta actually defending him yesterday. let's take a listen to him. >> it's pretty obvious that the political knives were out for chuck hagel. what disappointed me is that they talked a lot about past quotes but what about what a secretary of defense is confronting today? what about the war in...
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. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel is headed over to dover air force base to meet with some of those families as the house gets ready to pass a bill that would restore those benefits today. >>> meantime at the grand canyon, 2,000 workers are stranded without food or money to leave. the "arizona daily sun" says food banks and resort officials are trying to help out there. >>> in north carolina, there's no money left for wic benefits. those vouchers go to low income breast-feeding women, their infants and children. >>> the cdc staff is having to come back to deal with a s salmonella outbreak but are not getting paid. >>> alaska fishermen can't drop their traps into the water. we're talking about tens of millions of dollars at stake. family incomes on the line. and the atf not issuing permits for new breweries, recipes or labels and that is taking a toll on the small business craft beer industry. those are just some companies. let's bring in matt welch, bob herbert is a distinguished senior fellow. good to see you both. hi. a lot of outrage from congress over these death benefits. let m
. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel is headed over to dover air force base to meet with some of those families as the house gets ready to pass a bill that would restore those benefits today. >>> meantime at the grand canyon, 2,000 workers are stranded without food or money to leave. the "arizona daily sun" says food banks and resort officials are trying to help out there. >>> in north carolina, there's no money left for wic benefits. those vouchers go to low...
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we are expecting the final debate to start on chuck hagel's nomination for defense secretary any moment. it's been a is seven-week long battle but mainly it's been held up over politics. this first vote that will come this morning is procedural. if that moves forward, a second vote to confirm him would happen this afternoon. >>> check out the headline from "the huffington post," immigration and customs enforcement frees detainees as sequester looms. they were let out as the budget cuts loom. the president is heading to newport news, virginia, to a navy shipyard. today the impact there could be significant. late word this morning that the president will bring a local republican congressman, scott rigell, with him. obama is not seen in newport news as any sort of safe you're but rather as the leader of dysfunctional government that is playing havoc with people's lives and people are bitter. >> this is not time for a road show president. this is a time to look for someone who will leave. >> the president really ought to stop come paining and come back to the take and work with us. >> and w
we are expecting the final debate to start on chuck hagel's nomination for defense secretary any moment. it's been a is seven-week long battle but mainly it's been held up over politics. this first vote that will come this morning is procedural. if that moves forward, a second vote to confirm him would happen this afternoon. >>> check out the headline from "the huffington post," immigration and customs enforcement frees detainees as sequester looms. they were let out as the...
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that's encouraging if you're chuck hagel in the white house. but i would argue that the most critical meeting chuck hagel will have in the coming days is chuck schumer. he has to be able to answer the questions of the new york senator because he can bring along as many as ten democrats. i was counting last week his statement was coming out after the nomination was announced. notably, the junior senator from new york who takes a lot of cues from chuck schumer. several other senators who are beholden to schumer for helping them get elected in 2006-2008. if the most prominent jewish senator on the democratic side of is there, it could be very difficult for him to get an easy confirmation vote. >> ed o'keefe, michael, thank you. >> thank you. >>> just a reminder, we will have the press conference live here on msnbc that is coming up in about an hour, 11:15. >>> big night for the golden glo glob glob globes for politics. dab el day-lewis won best actor for "lincoln," jessica best actress for "zero dark thirty" and "game change" won three, including
that's encouraging if you're chuck hagel in the white house. but i would argue that the most critical meeting chuck hagel will have in the coming days is chuck schumer. he has to be able to answer the questions of the new york senator because he can bring along as many as ten democrats. i was counting last week his statement was coming out after the nomination was announced. notably, the junior senator from new york who takes a lot of cues from chuck schumer. several other senators who are...
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. >>> a vote on chuck hagel's nomination has been delayed. senate armed services committee chairman carl levin had hoped to vote this week but 25 republicans are asking for more information, specifically some financial records. levin says he does hope to schedule a vote as soon as possible. hings. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ >>> to politics now with actress ashley judd is fighting back after karl rove's group launched this ad. >> ashley judd, an obama following radical hollywood liberal who is right at home here in tennessee. >> judd is considering running for the senate against senator mitch mcconnell. a statement from her publicist says ashley thanks senator mccandm mcconnell, karl rove, and their negative allies for all the attention as she considers her future politi
. >>> a vote on chuck hagel's nomination has been delayed. senate armed services committee chairman carl levin had hoped to vote this week but 25 republicans are asking for more information, specifically some financial records. levin says he does hope to schedule a vote as soon as possible. hings. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less...
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secretary kerry and hagel will testify before your committee this morning. what do you want to ask them? >> what is the threat to the united states of america. right now, i have already had a classified intelligence briefing with the obama administration and others who are pushing for this. right now, i am not convinced that this is in our interests. this is a syrian civil war in syria. what is the direct threat to the united states? i still have yet to figure that out. furthermore, i believe a strike or getting involved with rebels or opposition destabilizing the region even more. my final point. when look at the destabilization of the entire middle east right now, we are seeing profound cultural changes throughout the middle east. i do not wanted to expend our military capital on this issue when we may have more serious issues that are a threat to the united states. >> john boehner disagrees with you and moments after meeting with the president and his cabinet yesterday made his argument. let me play that. >> i'm going to support the president's call for a
secretary kerry and hagel will testify before your committee this morning. what do you want to ask them? >> what is the threat to the united states of america. right now, i have already had a classified intelligence briefing with the obama administration and others who are pushing for this. right now, i am not convinced that this is in our interests. this is a syrian civil war in syria. what is the direct threat to the united states? i still have yet to figure that out. furthermore, i...
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and for hagel, look, this was his first trip. certainly it probably didn't go as smoothly as the pentagon would like. i know our headlines this morning suggested that it was a bit of a blunder and this was an early test for him as he now begins traveling the world and visiting these hot spots. i think, you know, like the senator said earlier, this has happened before. karzai has a way of saying and doing things every few months that sort of set back the progress, but in the end the u.s. is leaving and karzai has to figure out how exactly he plans to lead as that drawdown continues. >> yeah, on the american side, matt, do you think this was a tough first trip for chuck hagel? >> oh, yeah. >> was it a bad first trip? >> sure. it's a thankless job. it's going to be -- no matter what happens when america leaves afghanistan, it's going to be ugly for america and it's going to be ugly for afghanistan. so anyone who's going to be presiding over that transfer of power, it's going to look bad and difficult for them. i don't know if there'
and for hagel, look, this was his first trip. certainly it probably didn't go as smoothly as the pentagon would like. i know our headlines this morning suggested that it was a bit of a blunder and this was an early test for him as he now begins traveling the world and visiting these hot spots. i think, you know, like the senator said earlier, this has happened before. karzai has a way of saying and doing things every few months that sort of set back the progress, but in the end the u.s. is...
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in the senate they are expected to finally clear the way for confirmation vote to chuck hagel who will inherit this budget mess. janet napolitano, you see her on the right there, also speaking live at the brookings institution. and then just moments ago, we heard from a fired-up john boehner who blames the stalemate on the president and the senate. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we should not have a move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. >> i'm joined by military analyst jack jacobs. good to see you. >> good morning. >> if lawmakers can't make this march 1st deadline, $43 billion or 8% will be slushed from the pentagon budget. they have used words like devastating, dire. are they right? how significant would this be? >> very serious indeed. these are across the board cuts. i mean, there's no intelligence or intelligent decisions made on what is going to be cut. so in addition to fact -- and there's plenty of fact -- you are going to cut ammunition, fuel, repair parts for aircraft, training time. >> let's look at other things. 800
in the senate they are expected to finally clear the way for confirmation vote to chuck hagel who will inherit this budget mess. janet napolitano, you see her on the right there, also speaking live at the brookings institution. and then just moments ago, we heard from a fired-up john boehner who blames the stalemate on the president and the senate. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we should not have a move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do...
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. >> chris, chuck hagel reaching out to britain and france about syria. we know the president and secretary of state john kerry calling for european allies and when you consider putin blocking any action here, who does the white house need to get on board and what would they do? >> i think what the white house is doing, you've seen this the last couple of days they are taking steps toward some kind of strike in syria. after saturday's meeting where the president convened his top national security advisers on sunday. on sunday, an official put out a statement it's pretty clear that weapons, chemical weapons have been used in syria. and what we are looking at is that red line. the president really has bumped up against it and he has made the case that if chemical weapons were used in syria, he would take action. i think what we are looking here, richard, is some kind of missile strikes. we have seen the navy be repositioned in the middle east. some of the carriers that were going home have stayed and not come back to the united states so that they are ready
. >> chris, chuck hagel reaching out to britain and france about syria. we know the president and secretary of state john kerry calling for european allies and when you consider putin blocking any action here, who does the white house need to get on board and what would they do? >> i think what the white house is doing, you've seen this the last couple of days they are taking steps toward some kind of strike in syria. after saturday's meeting where the president convened his top...
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in a party line vote, the senate arm armed services committee voted 14-11 to send hagel's nomination to the full senate. his nomination hearing highlighted his past statements on iran and israel, but with a democratic majority in the senate, he should be confirmed. >>> marco rubio needed a quick drink during the rebuttal of the state of the union grasping for a bottle of water off camera. twitter absolutely lit up. rubio had fun with it. he tweeted this picture, #gopresponse. at one point sarah palin wrote, obama there's much progress to report. oh really? let's see what the facts show, #sotugottobekiddingme. >>> and kmeeti icompeting, the ends in a gunfight and a cabin fire. those details coming up next. and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or afte
in a party line vote, the senate arm armed services committee voted 14-11 to send hagel's nomination to the full senate. his nomination hearing highlighted his past statements on iran and israel, but with a democratic majority in the senate, he should be confirmed. >>> marco rubio needed a quick drink during the rebuttal of the state of the union grasping for a bottle of water off camera. twitter absolutely lit up. rubio had fun with it. he tweeted this picture, #gopresponse. at one...
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what do you think about what we are expected to hear from chuck hagel? >> the numbers speak for themselves and the fact that only 3,000 of the 26,000 victims of sexual assault or abuse actually report, and, of those, less than 200 actually see convictions is the problem. i'm glad to hear that their focus is less now on prevention and more focused on prosecution and conviction. but until we see the numbers, i am going to be one of those -- >> i know you've written a letter to the armed service committee chairman because you believe this needs to be taken out of the chain of command. i want to play what lieutenant general who is nominated to lead u.s. forces in south korea had to say earlier this week. >> i strongly believe that we shouldn't take the commander out of the process in terms of dealing with disciplinary issues, in particular in this case, sexual assault. in the military, the commander is central to all that we do. the commander, in fact, is held responsible for his unit. all that it does or fails to do. >> that is familiar. it's what we have h
what do you think about what we are expected to hear from chuck hagel? >> the numbers speak for themselves and the fact that only 3,000 of the 26,000 victims of sexual assault or abuse actually report, and, of those, less than 200 actually see convictions is the problem. i'm glad to hear that their focus is less now on prevention and more focused on prosecution and conviction. but until we see the numbers, i am going to be one of those -- >> i know you've written a letter to the...
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secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel are scheduled to have meetings this week as well with russian oh fficials. if the countries have a prayer of getting back on track the lines of communication need to remain open. >> thank you both. i will bring you back in, congressman. is there anything else you think the president should do? you are not for a boycott of the olympics r. you for him going to the g-20? >> i think he made the right decision. we had to send a message to russia. but the dialogue staying open is important. there are too many things when you look at the big picture. afghanistan, global terrorism, the economy. there is too much comal ti there. comal ti there. we have much more in common than we don't. a lot of oh this is from the cold war. there is perceptions, stigmas we need to get past. the only way is with open dialogue. once we get past -- i hope president putin reverses his condition with the snowden issue. >> thank you. >>> the pictures out of california this morning are devastating. a raging wildfire burning out of control. it's called the
secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel are scheduled to have meetings this week as well with russian oh fficials. if the countries have a prayer of getting back on track the lines of communication need to remain open. >> thank you both. i will bring you back in, congressman. is there anything else you think the president should do? you are not for a boycott of the olympics r. you for him going to the g-20? >> i think he made the right decision. we had to...
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chuck hagel the defense secretary recently went to a regularly scheduled meeting in singapore and got an earful from the chinese about the so-called u.s. pivot to asia which is countering chinese influence, and we have stories railing in washington about scyber securit, and the surveillance state which is a big issue between the u.s. and china as well, and the point is that underlying what is going to be, you know, a nice photogenic summit in california are a lot of tensions that are still disturbing the u.s./china relationship, and they are far from being resolved. >> and as you know, three lawmakers are introducing a bill punishing hackers backed by china. %-pthat >> i have always been disappointed how irresponsibly china and its government has acted and the way they do not respect property rights, and they don't respect intellectual property, and until china begins to behave properly, i don't think that they really can lay claim to being a world power, world status. >> this is the backup that we believe for it to have teeth. candidly, we believe they will come out with good discuss
chuck hagel the defense secretary recently went to a regularly scheduled meeting in singapore and got an earful from the chinese about the so-called u.s. pivot to asia which is countering chinese influence, and we have stories railing in washington about scyber securit, and the surveillance state which is a big issue between the u.s. and china as well, and the point is that underlying what is going to be, you know, a nice photogenic summit in california are a lot of tensions that are still...
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defense secretary secretary chuck hagel's nomination was in the senate a record 35 days more than three times the previous average of the secretary of defense. >> remember, mr. president, our country was at war. republicans have blocked executive nominees not because they object to the qualifications, but because they seek to undermine the very government of which they were elected to serve. take richard cadre to lead the financial protection bureau. there was no doubt about his ability to do the job, but the consumer financial protection bureau, the brain child of elizabeth warren went for more than two years without a leader because republicans refused to accept the law of the land because they wanted to roll back a law that protects consumers from the greed of wall street. so i say to my republican colleague, you don't have to like the laws of the land, but you do have to respect those laws and acknowledge them and abide by them. similar obstruction continued unabated for seven more months until democrats threatened to change senate rules to allow up or down votes on executive nomina
defense secretary secretary chuck hagel's nomination was in the senate a record 35 days more than three times the previous average of the secretary of defense. >> remember, mr. president, our country was at war. republicans have blocked executive nominees not because they object to the qualifications, but because they seek to undermine the very government of which they were elected to serve. take richard cadre to lead the financial protection bureau. there was no doubt about his ability...
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there are still meetings scheduled for friday between secretary of state john kerry and chuck hagel with their russian counterparts. how far can the u.s. go, i guess, given, for example, that the white house will still need some level of russian cooperation on syria ousting president assad? is this a moderate response? >> it is a totally moderate response and what you can see in that statement is that edward snowden was an afterthought when he in fact, drove the response. the president had to do something. he was backed into a corner. they gave refuge to someone who we consider a spy. so they had to take action, but make no mistake. business is going to go on. discussions are going to happen and counterparts are going to talk. but, right now, they have a very high profile situation that they are trying to contain and not have dominate the news any more, which is edward snowden. >> i want to bring in senator jeff merkley, a democrat from oregon. good morning. >> good morning. >> let me get your reaction to the president's decision. do you agree with it and did it go far enough? >> i think
there are still meetings scheduled for friday between secretary of state john kerry and chuck hagel with their russian counterparts. how far can the u.s. go, i guess, given, for example, that the white house will still need some level of russian cooperation on syria ousting president assad? is this a moderate response? >> it is a totally moderate response and what you can see in that statement is that edward snowden was an afterthought when he in fact, drove the response. the president...